The Government believes that the President Gjorge Ivanov cannot pardon convicts in the case related to April 27 parliament storming, because he would violate the Constitution and the laws, Government Spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski said at Wednesday’s press conference, adding that the government does not expect Ivanov would dare to do that. “There are two reasons […]
The pardoning procedure can only go through the Justice Ministry, which has not received any amnesty requests from persons convicted in the April 27 case. North Macedonia’s Justice Minister Renata Treneska-Deskoska said Tuesday there is no legal grounds for a pardoning procedure by the President. “Article 11 of the Law on Pardoning, which stipulated such […]
16 men accused for their involvement in the 2017 Parliament storming were sentenced Friday to a total of 211 years in prison. Opera singer Igor Durlovski, one of the men standing trial, was acquitted. The Criminal Court handed down the longest prison sentence – 18 years – to former interior minister Mitko Cavkov. Mitko Peshov […]
16 men accused for their involvement in the 2017 Parliament storming were sentenced Friday to a total of 211 years in prison. Opera singer Igor Durlovski, one of the men standing trial, was acquitted. The Criminal Court handed down the longest prison sentence – 18 years – to former interior minister Mitko Cavkov. Mitko Peshov […]
The decision to place former Public Security Bureau director Mitko Cavkov in detention is based on an official information obtained from one of his close friends. According to the operational information of the Public Security Bureau, Cavkov owns a villa on Chalkidiki where he planned to escape before the verdict for April 27th was pronounced. “After a […]
The arrests of three former VMRO-DPMNE officials suspected of organizing the bloody events on April 27, 2017 angered the main opposition party, and is now planning to completely freeze all contacts with the ruling parties. The opposition party will not participate in the upcoming meeting of the Jean Monnet process, and the caucus group “For […]
Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who is in exile, has reacted on his Facebook profile after he and another four other former officials are suspected of organizing the violent events taken place in the country’s parliament on April 27, 2017. “I have not organized those violent events and I have not approved such attack against […]
The Special Prosecution Office has announced that it has launched an investigation against five former senior state officials over their alleged involvement in the violent events taken place on April 27, 2017 in Parliament. Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has fled to Hungary and former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski are among the suspects. Meanwhile, […]
The extradition request for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is expected to be extended to the events of 27 April 2017, for which he is suspected of a terrorist threat to constitutional order and security. Gruevski is one of the five new suspects in the investigation that opened yesterday the Prosecutor’s Office for prosecuting organized […]
Court judge from a previous procedure has ordered 30-day detention for former Minister of transport and communications Mile Janakieski and former Minister of labor and social policy Spiro Ristoski, who are suspected of organizing the April 27 violent events in the Parliament. The detention order was given to the former ministers due to flight risk and […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Thursday that VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski is telling international representatives that he is constructive and committed to EU and NATO accession, but yesterday urged for resistance and showed his supporters the path to protest. “Does this mean they will attempt an April 27 repeat? We will not for allow this […]
The biggest mistake related to the April 27 events in Parliament is the lack of on-site investigation by a public prosecutor immediately after the incidents, since there is higher probability of securing evidence at that time, said State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski in an interview with MIA. “At this moment the Public Prosecutor’s Office possesses […]
The Amnesty law cut in half the number of defendants in the trial for the April 27 events in parliament. The number of defendants can be further reduced if the Court of Appeals decided to accept the complaints of some of the defendants who initially did not receive amnesty before the Christmas holidays. It should […]
Twelve defendants in the April 27 case have filed amnesty requests, said the Skopje-based Criminal Court. The five-day deadline for the amnesty requests expires on Tuesday. The applicants can file the requests in person and by post. The court and the public prosecutor’s office then have another five days to decide who is eligible for […]
The five MPs of the parliamentary group charged with the violence on April 27 will be able to seek and receive amnesty for themselves. This will be provided by the new Amnesty law, whose draft-proposal was agreed on in the legislature yesterday. With it, there will be no amnesty for the organizers of the bloody […]
Johan Tarculovski, who is one of the accused MPs for the April 27 events, says it is still too early to say whether he will seek amnesty in accordance with today’s draft text in the parliament for selective amnesty. According to the draft law, there will be no amnesty for the organizers and the perpetrators, […]
Public prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska today said that evidence was collected for the individuals who were further mentioned at the trial for the events in the Assembly on April 27, because, as she said, no procedure can be initiated only on the basis of a statement by one defendant. She also emphasized that if there is […]
At Tuesday’s hearing in Skopje’s Criminal Court, four witnesses, among whom former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, will testify about the events of April 27, 2017. Judge Dobrila Kacarska said more witnesses would be heard Thursday as well, whereas the Prosecutor is expected to submit additional evidence on Friday. Closing statements are to begin next week, […]
Everyone wants to get on the boat of amnesty in a situation of incredible political and legal stunts to pay the price for Euro-Atlantic integration, ie to find some compromise between what is called individual responsibility for April 27 and the integration of the country into NATO and the EU. More than 600 prisoners serving […]
There is no plan for drafting a law on general amnesty with regard to 27 April 2017 Parliament incidents, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Monday. Discussions are underway only for a possibility amnesty to be granted only to those who were not involved in masterminding, organizing the attack on Parliament and in the acts […]
